Footballer Jermain Defoe: biography and interesting facts
Jermain Defoe - footballer who currently plays for the club, "Sunderland" and the national team of the United Kingdom. Birthplace of the famous English striker on October 7, 1982 in London.
Club career: the first contract and the fight for a place at the heart of the club, "West Ham United"
football career Jermain Defoe started at the English club, "Charlton", when he was 14 years old. It was his first professional contract. After playing a couple of years in the ranks of "Charlton Athletic" and demonstrating high-quality game, a young football player has attracted interest from other clubs.
In 1999, Jermain comes an offer from the club, "West Ham". Young striker gladly accepts and tries newfound form of "hammers". Because of his youth and lack of experience on the field Man rarely produced in the first team, so to enhance the gaming practice the club decides to give him a one-year rent "Bournemouth". In the end, Jermain Defoe successfully completes the season on loan and returned to the ranks of the "West Ham".
In October 2000, he was released in the starting lineup, where he distinguished one assists. Debut output pleased both the player and all the fans, "West Ham". As a result, Defoe perfectly proved his person, thus achieving its place in the base.
The legendary years, "Tottenham Hotspur"
new goalscorer appears in the English Premier League - Jermain Defoe. football statistics were far from modest. In an average game, he scored 1, 5 goals. These figures are made to draw attention to Defoe's more famous clubs. The first was the "Tottenham", which in 2004 offered Jermain five-year contract.
Defoe, in turn, gave a quick agreement and signed all the necessary papers to go. Where he played until 2008, has not yet signed a contract with the English club, "Portsmouth", which played all year. In 2012, football returned to the "Spurs".
In November 2009, Jermain Defoe for the first time in his career was able to arrange a penta-trick, that is to score 5 goals per game. On that day, the unfortunate rival, "Spurs", headed by Defoe appeared modest club "Wigan". This achievement has filled up the history of the record in the English Premier League. Defoe became the third player who has drawn a penta-trick after Andy Cole and Alan Shearer. The fourth player on the list was the Argentinian Sergio Aguero ( "Manchester City"), distinguished himself in the match against "Newcastle" in the 2015/2016 season. In 2012, Jermain Defoe was the best scorer in the club's history, when the November match of the group stage of the Europa League scored a hat-trick against the Slovenian "Maribor". 126 goals for the "Tottenham" - such was the Jermaine statistics after the match. He surpassed himself Teddy Sheringham, who for many years held the record for top scorer, "Spurs".
games experience in MLS league and return to the Premier League
In January 2014 in the media there is information that the striker, "Spurs' Jermain Defoe goes to the Canadian Club," Toronto ". Here he immediately takes place at the base, and begins to "teach" the Americans to play football. In March of this year, football was marked duplicate of the gate, "Seattle".
In January 2016 Jermain Defoe has returned to the English Premier League. Now he is a player, "Sunderland", which has signed a contract until 2020.